Our textbook begins by highlighting the Reflective Learning Method, one technique behind the psychology of studying.  This technique can help you read and learn the material in textbooks more effectively.  It also helps you when taking tests!  We all learn differently, though.  It is very important to know how you learn best.  If you use strategies that work best with your learning style, you will decrease the time you spend and increase the results! 

In this module, you learned about the methods used to deliver case management and the roles case managers need to take in order to provide services. As case management services are delivered across various settings and populations of individuals, case managers often need to assume multiple roles in order to best provide services to their clients. One aspect of human services case management may involve providing effective services for individuals involved in drug-related crimes.

In a report published by the Department of Justice, Drug Court Case Management: Role, Function, and UtilityLinks to an external site. (Monchick, Scheyett, & Pfeifer, 2006 – you will need Adobe Acrobat ReaderLinks to an external site. to access this file), the key components of case management in the drug-court setting are outlined. Read through the 10 components described in the report on pages 13-15 and apply the role(s) the case manager is performing in each component.

Next, explain whether you think the case manager is sufficient enough support for the drug-court client in each component or if you feel that the family, peers, or client should also serve as a case manager. Support your positions with evidence from the text.

• If your organization uses e-learning, is it effective for training employees? Why or why not?
• What online training and development systems/methods would you recommend? Explain.

Domestic companies use a variety of compensation methods, including several factors associated with pay methods, job types, duties, and performance. Please respond to the following:

1. Describe the differences among the five pay methods listed; what is the general purpose for each: Base Pay, Pay Adjustments, Differential Pay, Incentive Pay, Special Pay Situations.
   1. Select three of the pay types and provide a short scenario that describes how to use each of them appropriately.
2. Reflect on your current or past employment. Was the pay structure appropriate or would you suggest a change?
   1. What change would you recommend and why?
   2. If no change is suggested, discuss the factors you might consider, to affirm the current pay method.

Evaluate legal and regulatory issues and risk management in the human services profession.

In the human services field, it is important to recognize situations that carry risks for both the client and the professional. Once identified, risk management techniques can be utilized to protect the client and the professional.

In this assignment, you will apply and evaluate the risk management techniques you have learned in a real-life scenario while evaluating legal and regulatory issues.

Assignment Scenario

Mr. Ashford is a caseworker at the county Human Services Department. One of his clients, Mr. Lainez, is a young man who presents with many issues. He has been in foster care and is about to age out of the program to live on his own. Mr. Ashford will be assisting him with this transition.

To connect with his young client, Mr. Ashford accepts Mr. Lainez’s invitation of friendship on social media. In addition, he provides his agency email address to Mr. Lainez when he asks if there is not another way to make an appointment rather than making a telephone call and going through a receptionist.

Shortly after that, Mr. Lainez experiences several disappointing events. He loses his job, and the young woman he is dating tells him she is no longer interested in seeing him. Additionally, he is struggling to make ends meet and becomes unable to pay the rent on his first apartment.

At his wits’ end, he makes a vague suicidal threat on Facebook and sends a desperate request to Mr. Ashford to set up an appointment as soon as possible. Out on calls, Mr. Ashford does not check his email or his Facebook account for several days, missing Mr. Lainez’s cues. His young client is found dead of an overdose of medication he has been prescribed by the department psychiatrist.

Assignment Directions

Use the readings, the internet, and the Purdue Global Library to research the implications of this case study under current law and practice expectations.

Please be sure to address all of the following in your assignment:

• Introduce the case study and list each of the problematic decisions Mr. Ashford made in this scenario, analyzing each in terms of its effect on the outcome.
• Identify and explain other choices he could or should have made.
• Evaluate the legal and regulatory implications of this case study you learned from your research.
• Apply and evaluate the risk management techniques you have learned to this case over the past two units.
• Would they likely have led to a different outcome for Mr. Lainez? For Mr. Ashford? Why or why not?